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HB1095Introduced in the House of Delegates

High school students; completion of certain applications for student financial aid required.

Passed

Introduced by J.J. Singh, District 26

What does this bill do?

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Official description

School boards; high school students; establishment of certain goals for completion of certain applications for student financial aid required; provision of data and guidance relating to student financial aid applications. Requires each school board to (i) annually provide to each high school student and the parent of each high school student guidance and other informational materials on student financial aid applications, as defined by the bill, for the purpose of promoting awareness of federal and state financial aid programs, resources, eligibility criteria, application deadlines, and other processes and requirements; (ii) utilize federally available data to establish a five-year goal for encouraging and increasing the completion of student financial aid applications by high school students during the students' final school year before graduation; and (iii) annually post in a publicly accessible location on its website federally available data relating to student financial aid applications and submit to the Department of Education a report on the progress toward achieving the five-year goal established pursuant to clause (ii). The bill clarifies that nothing in the bill shall be construed to require any school board to establish a goal of universal completion of a student financial aid application prior to graduation by each high school student in the school division. The bill also prohibits any school board or employee thereof from disclosing any personally identifiable information relating to the requirements set forth in the bill to any individual or entity outside of the school division. Finally, the bill directs the Department of Education, in collaboration with the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, to provide to each school board (a) by the beginning of each school year, the website containing federally available data on the rates of completion of student financial aid applications; (b) guidance or other informational materials on student financial aid applications; and (c) guidance and other informational resources designed to support school boards in making progress toward the five-year goals established pursuant to the bill. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2031.

Where it stands

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0934)

April 13, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House of Delegates votes

4 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

3 recorded votes · each counted separately

House of DelegatesStage: Senate substitute agreed to by House (63-Y 35-N 0-A) · March 11, 2026

63

Yes

35

No

1

Absent or Not Voting

99 delegates recorded in this House of Delegates vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each delegate voted

DelegateDistrictVote
Patrick Hope1Yes
Adele McClure2Yes
Alfonso Lopez3Yes
Charniele Herring4Yes
Kirk McPike5Yes
Richard Sullivan6Yes
Karen Keys-Gamarra7Yes
Irene Shin8Yes
Karrie Delaney9Yes
Dan Helmer10Yes

Bill history

  1. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101596D

  2. Referred to Committee on Education

  3. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1095)

  4. Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee

  5. House subcommittee offered

  6. Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 3-N)

  7. Reported from Education with amendment(s) (13-Y 8-N)

  8. Read first time

  9. Passed by for the day

  10. Floor substitute printed 26107663D-H1 (Singh)

  11. Floor offered Delegate Singh Substitute

  12. Read second time

  13. committee amendment rejected

  14. Delegate Singh Floor substitute agreed to

  15. Engrossed by House - floor substitute

  16. Read third time and passed House (61-Y 35-N 1-A)

  17. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)

  18. Referred to Committee on Education and Health

  19. Assigned Education sub: Public Education

  20. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1095)

  21. Senate committee offered

  22. Reported from Education and Health with substitute (9-Y 5-N 1-A)

  23. Senate committee offered

  24. Committee substitute printed 26109258D-S1

  25. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1095)

  26. Rules suspended

  27. Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)

  28. Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)

  29. Passed by for the day

  30. Read third time

  31. Committee substitute rejected (Voice Vote)

  32. Floor offered Senator Favola Substitute

  33. Reading of substitute waived

  34. Senator Favola Substitute agreed to

  35. Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute

  36. Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A)

  37. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1095)

  38. Senate substitute agreed to by House (63-Y 35-N 0-A)

  39. Enrolled

  40. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1095ER)

  41. Signed by President

  42. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1095)

  43. Signed by Speaker

  44. Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026

  45. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026

  46. Approved by Governor-Chapter 934 (effective 7/1/2026)

  47. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0934)

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